This film follows the lives of a group of individuals, set in the world of addition. Carolyn (Kim Basinger) spends all her time gambling in a casino, where she meets washed-up magician Walter (Danny DeVito). Godfrey (Nick Cannon) is a college basketball star who starts missing points in games to help repay his brother Clyde's (Forest Whitaker) debt to mobster Victor (Tim Roth). Murph (Grant Sullivan) is a small-time bookie who is trying to win over the love of his life (Carla Gugino), and Detective Brunner (Kelsey Grammer) is following the trial of a mysterious death.